World Meningitis Day 2018 - Member Activities

Our members from our three regions, Europe Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas, organised a huge variety of activities to mark World Meningitis Day 2018! Take a look at what they did and get inspired for next year’s celebrations.

Founders of the Kimberly Coffey Foundation and Emily Stillman Foundation travelled to Washington to introduce a Resolution that would designate April 24th as National Meningitis B Awareness Day in the United States!

The JAMIE Group held a World Meningitis Day fundraiser on social media, raising over $4,100! Patsy Schanbaum, The JAMIE Group co-founder, was also interviewed by GSK's Dr Leonard Friedland about her family's experience with meningitis.

MCA operated a stall in Perth to raise awareness of meningitis, got Greg Hunt MP to film a video of himself recognising World Meningitis Day, and arranged for Trafalgar Bridge in Perth to be lit up in purple.